Automatic high-speed armature winding and coil lead-inserting machine



June 8, 1965 'w. J. CALDWELL AUTOMATIC HIGH-SPEED ARMATURE WINDING AND con, LEAD-INSERTING MACHINE 30 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 4, 1960 INVBVTOR. WASHINGTON J. CALDWELL ATTgRNEYS June 8, 1965 w. J. CALDWELL 3,187,784

AUTOMATIC HIGHSPEED ARMATURE WINDING AND COIL LEAD-'INSERTING IIIIACI'IIIU] Filed Aug. 4, 1960 30 Sheets-Sheet 2 LEADS INSERTED BEFORE FIRST TRAILING LEADS OF FIRST FOUR COILS FOUR COILS ARE WOUND ARE INSERTED AFTER COILS ARE WOUND AND WIRE IS CUT '4 POSITION OF COMMUTATOR K WHEN LOADED m'ro MACHINE OOMMUTATOR IS ROTATED TWO SECOND FOUR COILS ARE WOUND SLOTS THEN LEADS 0F SECOND FOUR THEN WIRE IS CUT AND TRAILING COILS TO BE WOUND ARE INSERTED LEADS OF SAID COILS ARE INSERTED JNVENTOR. WASHINGTON J. CALDWELL ATTORNEYS June 8, 1965 w. J. CALDWELL AUTOMATIC HIGH-SPEED ARMATURE WINDING AND COIL LEAD-INSERTING MACHINE 3O Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Aug. 4, 1960 nmw m m w.

BY $47M; M107 ATTOBNEYS WASHINGTON J. CALDWELL June 1965 w. J. CALDWELL 3,187,784

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AUTOMATIC HIGH-SPEED ARMATURE WINDING AND COIL LEAD-INSERTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 4, 1960 30 Sheets-Sheet 7 INVENTOR. WASHINGTON J. CALDWELL June 8, 1965 w. J. CALDWELL 3,187,784

AUTOMATIC HIGH-SPEED ARMATURE WINDING AND Filed Aug. 4, 1960 COIL LEAD-INSERTING MACHINE 30 Sheets-Sheet 8 BY a mflzm ATTORN EYS June 8, 1965 w. J. CALDWELL 3,187,784

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WASHlNGTON J. CALDWELL June 1965 w. J. CALDWELL 3,187,784

AUTOMATIC HIGH-SPEED ARMATURE WINDING AND COIL LEAD-INSERTING MACHINE WASSHINGTON J. CALDWELL June 8, 196 w. J. CALDWELL 3,137,734

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ATTORNEYS 

1. IN AN ARMATURE WINDING AND CONNECTING MACHINE, THE COMBINATION OF A HOLDING MEANS FOR AN UNWOUND ARMATURE ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF A SHAT, A SLOTTED ARMATURE CORE AND A SLOTTED COMMUTATOR, SAID HOLDING MEANS HOLDING MEANS HOLDING THE ARMATURE ASSEMBLY IN A PREDETERMINED INITIAL MPOSITION FOR PREDETERMINED PERIODS DURING A WINDING CYCLE, ROTATING MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE HOLDING MEANS TO ROTATE MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE END-OVER-END FASHION, AT LEAST A PAIR OF MEANS ONE COOPERATING WITH EACH OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SLOTTED COMMUTATOR TO SEVER A PAIR OF CONTINUOUS STRANDS OF WIRE AND INSERT THE FREE ENDS OF THE CONTINUOUS STRANDS OF WIRES IN COMMUTATOR SLOTS ON EACH SIDE OF THE COMMUTATOR, GUIDE MEANS FOR POSITIONING THE CONTINUOUS STRANDS OF WIRE FROM EXTRANEOUS SOURCES IN ADJACENT SLOTS IN THE ARMATURE CORE DURING THE ROTATIVE PERIOD OF THE ARMATURE BY THE ROTATING MEANS, CONTROL MENS COOPERATING WITH THE ROTATING MEANS TO STOP THE ARMATURE AT THE PREDETERMINED INITIAL POSITION AFTER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF REVOLUTIONS TO FORM AN ARMATURE COIL, SAID CONTROL MEANS ALSO INTITATING A NEW SEVERING AND INSERTING STEP FOR THE PAIR OF MEANS COPPERATING WITH THE COMMUTATOR TO SEVER THE ALREADY-WOUND COILS AND INSERT THE TRAILING ENDS OF THE COILS IN COMMUTATOR SLOTS AND MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE PAIR OF MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE COMMUTATOR TO MAINTAIN A GRIP ON THE FREE ENDS OF THE COMMUTATOR STRANDS AFTER THE ALREADYWOUND COIL HAS BEEN SEVERED FROM THE OCNTINUOUS STRANDS. 